Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care Medicine - Rotating

VCU Health•Richmond, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Acute Care Medicine Unit is an expanding Acute and Progressive Care unit specializing in providing quality care to Internal Medicine patients with a variety of medical diagnoses including renal, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, hepatology, infectious disease, endocrine, and gerontology. The unit also has a specialized focus on adult patients living with cystic fibrosis. Since 2015, Acute Care Medicine has been recognized by AACN as a Beacon Gold Unit for Excellence, highlighting our continuous commitment to using evidence-based information to improve patient outcomes, patient and staff satisfaction, and credibility with consumers. The Clinical Nurse I job integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge to meet the needs of the patient and family. This role assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort. This job provides direction, education, and begins to acquire leadership skills at the unit level. It involves delivering and accurately documenting direct, age-specific care to patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care, as well as safely administering prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions. The Clinical Nurse II job demonstrates a mastery of clinical skills and begins to apply this knowledge to a specific patient population. This role assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort. It involves recognizing changes in patient situations and intervening appropriately, mobilizing resources to meet the individualized needs of patients/families, and providing direction and education. This job assumes leadership responsibilities at the unit level and delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care, safely administering prescribed medications. The Clinical Nurse III job demonstrates clinical knowledge at the unit level and begins to apply this knowledge to a specific patient population. This role assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort. It involves anticipating changes in patient situations and intervening appropriately, providing direction and education, and serving as a role model in a clinical setting. This job delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care, safely administering prescribed medications.

Requirements

Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible or compact state
Current RN licensure in Virginia
AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent
N/A (for Clin I)
12 to 24 months RN experience (for Clin II)
3 years of clinical experience (for Clin III)
Diploma or Associates Degree from a professional nursing program recognized and/or approved by the corresponding state’s Board of Nursing.
All registered nurses without a Bachelor's degree in Nursing (or higher) will be required to enroll in an approved RN to BSN program within two years of their start date and to complete the program within five years of their start date unless grandfathered under previous requirements.
Follows documented physician/licensed independent provider orders.
Practices within the boundaries of the regulations governing the practice of nursing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Practice is guided by the ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing and established national nursing practice standards.
All practice is guided by and follows the VCUHS policies and procedures and established practice.

Nice To Haves

Experience as an LPN, nursing assistant or care partner in either an acute care setting or as applicable to area of practice (for Clin I)
Academic Health Care Experience; Experience with similar patient population in either an acute care setting or as applicable to area of practice (for Clin II, Clin III)
Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (or higher) from an accredited program (for Clin I, Clin II, Clin III)
Certification in specialty area (for Clin III)

Responsibilities

Integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge to meet the needs of the patient and family.
Assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort.
Provides direction, education, and begins to acquire leadership skills at the unit level.
Delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care.
Safely administers prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.
Recognizes changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately.
Mobilizes resources to meet the individualized needs of patient/families.
Assumes leadership responsibilities at the unit level.
Anticipates changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately.
Serves as a role model in a clinical setting.
Organizes work and delegates and supervises others (RN's, LPN's, Care Partners, Unit Secretaries, etc.) in carrying out assignments.